Report of the Workshop on IEA in the Northwest Atlantic (WKINWA)

The Workshop on IEA in the Northwest Atlantic (WKINWA) was an outcome of the 2015 meeting of the Working Group on Maritime Systems (WGMARS, 30 November–4 December 2015, Copenhagen, DK) and of the Workshop on Activity Planning of the Strategic Initiative on the Human Dimension (WKAPSIHD, 12-13 January 2016, IJmuiden, NL). WKINWA’s concrete task was defined as “Demonstrating to SCICOM/ACOM/Council the development of an IEA using WGNARS (Working Group on the Northwest Atlantic Regional Sea) as a case study; use graphics, simple language to communicate efficiently with the target groups.” WKINWA was developed to complete this task, and Christine Röckmann from WGMARS and Geret DePiper from WGNARS were appointed co-Chairs of WKINWA. The focus of WKINWA was to review and analyse the IEA work in the Northwest Atlantic; particularly with regards to the process employed.